tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073789.post2344983643380340662..comments2020-06-03T02:53:38.316-05:00Comments on Eyeteeth: Incisive ideas: The Splasher caught?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073789.post-31817554080584074922007-06-22T09:53:00.000-05:002007-06-22T09:53:00.000-05:00Sounds like he is setting up a bit of a straw-man ...Sounds like he is setting up a bit of a straw-man argument based on that quote. A writer can't really be equated to an interventionist artist or artwork. <BR/>A writer needs to publish, to have their work seen, it is their "street". <BR/><BR/>I used to really like street and still do appreciate most of it, especially billboard liberation. However it seems like so many of the "successful" street artist become what they critique. They move from being a potentially serendipitous experience for an urban traveller to creating work for PR/Advertising companies or just another glossy reproduction in pseudo-arts graphics rag. The problem with reproducing or gallery-izing this type of work is that it loses its effect of wonder or deterritorialization, since it is published in a place where we would expect to find it. I don't buy into the argument that the only way for a street artist to survive is by selling or reproducing their work. There are other options, like teaching, public/social services-so many ways to get paid, while working for social and political change, it is just that none of these options offer the fame or $$$ that selling your work in a gallery can.<BR/><BR/>PS: I love the fact that he calls himself peaceful and recognizes that all street artwork will be destroyed, yet stills feels the need to beat up the "splasher"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073789.post-59240229204194454052007-06-22T08:24:00.000-05:002007-06-22T08:24:00.000-05:00I agree, to a point. When I saw ads for "Obey" und...I agree, to a point. When I saw ads for "Obey" underpants in Juxtapoz, I thought Shepard lost some street cred. Although, being something of a dork, who am I to dole out the label? In the New York magazine piece he addresses the sell-out charge:<BR/><BR/><B>"Every college student whose parents still pay their rent has got some stupid opinion about it that’s totally naïve. Posters, stickers, getting arrested, paying fines, travel — it all costs money and I couldn’t have done that stuff otherwise. It’s a matter of people being realistic. You’re a writer — let’s say you’re criticized for having work printed in a magazine. And people are saying, “You need to write all your shit in chalk on the sidewalk, you fucking piece of shit sell out.” What would you do?"</B>Paul Schmelzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876791601014759949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073789.post-24968376423609091532007-06-22T08:12:00.000-05:002007-06-22T08:12:00.000-05:00Perhaps I'm the only one, but I think that the spl...Perhaps I'm the only one, but I think that the splasher is well within his rights. It is more counter-culture than the dudes who are supposedly counter-culture. Shepard-I-have-a-clothing-line-and-a-brand-Fairey is angry? Boo hoo. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, setting off a stink bomb, though, that's dangerous. Could perhaps be considered terrorism.justinphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888353695849889281noreply@blogger.com